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Innovative Enzergy™ Bio Enzymatic Coal Treatment Will Significantly Reduce Greenhouse Gases and other Pollutants at Favorable Cost, Reduce Plant Life Cycle Costs, and Enable Alberta’s Use of Lower Quality Coal
Treating Coal with Enzymes to Reduce Emissions This project was funded through Round 8: Oil and Gas in 2014 and demonstrated Enzergy™, a patented bioenzymatic coal treatment. Aimed at enhancing combustion efficiency and reducing emissions at coal-fired plants, the technology demonstrated potential reductions in SO₂, NOx and CO₂ emissions while improving boiler efficiency and offering…
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GTE Solar Inc, Brooks 1 Solar Facility
Western Canada’s First Utility Scale Solar Project With funding in Round 10: Open Call in 2015, Elemental Energy constructed a 15-megawatt solar facility near Brooks, Alberta. This innovative project demonstrated the advantages and performance of large-scale solar power in the province. The project is located on approximately 78 acres of land and consists of over…
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Enabling Increased Intermittent Green Generation via wind energy storage
The First Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Project in Alberta This initiative by TransAlta was funded through Round 10: Open Call in 2015 and tested some of the world’s most advanced lithium-ion batteries made by Tesla Energy. TransAlta installed 10 megawatts of Tesla lithium-ion batteries at their Summerview windfarm in southwest Alberta, making it the third…
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10 MW Enbridge Sun Simba Power Plant – Alberta Solar One
Offsetting Fossil Fuel Energy with Unique Solar Booster Approved for funding in Round 10: Open Call in 2015, Morgan Solar partnered with Enbridge to build a 10-megawatt flagship utility-scale solar power plant called the Alberta Solar One. The project is located in Southeast Alberta and takes advantage of the best solar resource in the country…
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Integrated LNG and carbon capture concept
Using Cryogenic Freezing for Carbon Capture and Energy Storage The Cryogenic Carbon Capture™ with Energy Storage (CCC ES™) project was funded in 2012 through Round 5: SMEs Only and demonstrated a novel post-combustion CO2 capture technology that uses cryogenic cooling to efficiently remove CO2 from flue gas. The objective of this project was to explore…
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300 MW Wind Energy Project – Utility Scale – Largest Wind Energy Project in Canada – Greengate Power Corporation
Emission Reduction from the Largest Wind Energy Investment in Western Canada Funded through Round 7: Renewable Energy in 2013, The 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project was developed on 45,000 acres of private land in Alberta. Representing the largest investment in wind energy in Western Canada, this project was completed in 2014, consists of…
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Medicine Hat Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Demonstration Project
Testing Solar Thermal Generation in an Albertan City’s Power Gird To increase and demonstrate support for renewable energy, the City of Medicine Hat tested a solar steam generator that was connected to a nearby power plant and helped power the electric turbine generators. The project was approved for funding in Round 1: Open Call in…
